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Recent news in France highlights several serious paragliding accidents and incidents.

France has recently seen multiple paragliding-related incidents capturing public attention, including a 56-year-old man who went missing for several days after a paragliding flight and was later found deceased. Other events include tourists being rescued from trees, a young person seriously injured after a 10-meter fall at takeoff near Beaumont-du-Ventoux, and two paragliders spending the night stranded in mountainous terrain in Haute-Savoie.